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This 5 page paper discusses the secrets that people keep in the plays “Trifles” by Susan Glaspell and “A Doll’s House” by Henrik Ibsen, and what effect the secrets have on relationships. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Discussion Both plays have a crime at the center, though one is murder and the other forgery, so they do not carry equal weight in the law. To the person
keeping the secret, however, they are both enormous burdens. In A Dolls House, Nora Helmer forged her fathers signature in order to get a loan to take her husband to
Italy; the trip was recommended by doctors who said it would be necessary to save his life. Now the man who lent her the money has returned and is blackmailing
her, but not for money-he wants her to save his position at the bank, which is managed by her husband (Ibsen). In Trifles, a woman named Mrs. Wright has
killed her abusive husband John. As a party of five combs through the cabin looking for clues to the motive-the only thing that can condemn her-the men stomp around while
the women observe the things in the kitchen-the womans part of the house. There they piece together the evidence that the woman is indeed guilty, but they also understand her
motives, and so conceal their knowledge (Glaspell). In both cases, the womens motives for their crimes are beyond the comprehension of the men involved. The men want
things in absolutes, black and white; the women can tolerate ambiguity. In Noras case, things are perhaps more either/or than in the other play, but both hinge on the idea
that there is justice beyond the law. And both plays deal with women who are treated badly by their husbands and by society. In A Dolls House, Nora Helmer adores
her husband Torvald, who in turn treats her as a plaything or a pet; a doll in fact. His remarks to her would make even the most unrepentant chauvinist blush
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